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spokes with guinness world records. good morning again. >> good morning, alex. >> this one, the pictures are unbelievable. the three contortionists fitting into the smallest space. >> indeed. this record is for the longest time three contortionists can ÷ 27 by 26 by 22 inches. these three ladies in new zealand were in that box for six minutes and 13.52 seconds and launched themselves into the guinness world records book as a result of that. >> okay. i'm pained looking at that for them. but that's pretty incredible. >> that's a long six minute, i'm sure. >> yeah, i think so. this next one, talk about a long time. this is frightening. the record for being on fire without oxygen. come on. >> do not try this at home. this is ted bachelor from ohio. a professional stuntman. he holds the record. two minutes, 57 seconds. remarkably his wife dresses him in the suit, sets him on fire and puts him out. i hope they never get into a bad argument, that's for sure. >> good point right there. look at him just walking around like hey,
spokes with guinness world records. good morning again. >> good morning, alex. >> this one, the pictures are unbelievable. the three contortionists fitting into the smallest space. >> indeed. this record is for the longest time three contortionists can ÷ 27 by 26 by 22 inches. these three ladies in new zealand were in that box for six minutes and 13.52 seconds and launched themselves into the guinness world records book as a result of that. >> okay. i'm pained looking...
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the guinness book of world records unveils the world's smallest cow. good morning. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin with finally nearing the end. after five long months, crews in the gulf of mexico have taken a major step toward permanently plugging the blownout well. behind the worst oil spill in u.s. history. and for more on that, we go to nbc's kristen dahlgren in venice, louisiana. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, lynn. day 150 and that relief well they started drilling shortly after this all started has finally intersected with the well some 2 1/2 miles beneath the floor of the gulf. in a statement late last night, the incident commander said the two wells were now connected and that the next step is to pump mud and cement down into that well to permanently seal it off. obviously, good news for people in this area. really just one step in their recovery. oil here continues to wash ashore. this week, evidence of a massive fish kill here. thousands of dead fish. take a look at these pictures. almost l
the guinness book of world records unveils the world's smallest cow. good morning. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin with finally nearing the end. after five long months, crews in the gulf of mexico have taken a major step toward permanently plugging the blownout well. behind the worst oil spill in u.s. history. and for more on that, we go to nbc's kristen dahlgren in venice, louisiana. good morning. >>...
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guinness officials are expected to verify soon whether the cake qualifies as the world's largest king cake. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning. did you get to check out the harvest moon last night? >> i didn't get a chance. >> you missed it. it was absolutely incredible. a lot around the country got to see it. when it rose last night and the sun was setting, moon was rising it looked so huge on the horizon they call it one of the biggest harvest moons we've ever had. as far as today we have a couple different weather stories. equally as hot in the southeast and very wet in the northern plains. yesterday was 95 in d.c. this was middle of the summer type area, areas of tenet healthcare and memphis easily into the mid to upper 90s. alabama, mississippi, this looks like the middle of the summer. we can't cool things off finally but eventually it will happen. it's a very warm morning from kansas city to atlanta. temperatures in the 70s this d.c. there's really not much in
guinness officials are expected to verify soon whether the cake qualifies as the world's largest king cake. >>> now for a look at the national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning. did you get to check out the harvest moon last night? >> i didn't get a chance. >> you missed it. it was absolutely incredible. a lot around the country got to see it. when it rose last night and the sun was...
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. >>> in new york, guinness world record folk promoted the release of their 2011 book with a play date for one of the biggest and smallest stars, giant george, the world's tallest living dog, and bobo, the smallest. boo boo needed a boost to see george, but there was an instant connection. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. >> do you think george is a happen dog? >> i hope not. >> a lot of those great danes think they are. george was pretty cute. let's talk about the hurricanes out there and the tropical storms. just got the new updates in. no big surprises, the biggest concern is down here in mexico where we are watching tropical storm karl. it's over the bay of cam peacpe now it looks like it will make landfall as a hurricane sometime on friday it shouldn't be too big, maybe a category 1, at worst a category 2. here is the forecast timing. it's a little slower than previous. it looks like landfall sometime late friday night into saturday morning. again, as a category 1 most likely. it's still possible to be a category
. >>> in new york, guinness world record folk promoted the release of their 2011 book with a play date for one of the biggest and smallest stars, giant george, the world's tallest living dog, and bobo, the smallest. boo boo needed a boost to see george, but there was an instant connection. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. >> do you think george is a happen dog? >> i hope not. >> a lot of those great...
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the folks at guinness world records say she's officially become the most searched-for female on the internet. and she edges out sarah palin. she previously held that title. >>> now to the music charts. for a second straight week, you'll find katy perry's "teenage dream" at the top of the billboard 100. >> taking command of billboard's digital songs list, "just the way you are." bruno mars. that's a rundown of the number ones. let's play it to break. ♪ [ female announcer ] be proud to admit your age. i'm 43. [ female announcer ] only roc® retinol correxion deep wrinkle night cream is clinically proven to give 10 years back to the look of skin. diminishing the look of even deep wrinkles. 10 years? i'll take that! [ female announcer ] roc® we keep our promises. 10 years? i'll take that! our points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel. we're like forget florida, we're going on a safari. so we're on the serengeti, and seth finds a really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history museum and we get to name it. sethasauraus. really. your po
the folks at guinness world records say she's officially become the most searched-for female on the internet. and she edges out sarah palin. she previously held that title. >>> now to the music charts. for a second straight week, you'll find katy perry's "teenage dream" at the top of the billboard 100. >> taking command of billboard's digital songs list, "just the way you are." bruno mars. that's a rundown of the number ones. let's play it to break. ♪ [...
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the guinness book of world records brought them out to promote the new edition of their book, "giant george." boo-boo, if you can call it standing, stands at foufr inches. four inches. there may nobody crying in baseball. but there is lying, feen you're derek jeter, apparently. last night an umpire ruled the yankee captain was hit by a pitch but it really hit his bat. jeter later said what he was going to do was refuse the first free trip to first but he later scored a run, however, the team eventually lost the game and eventually first place to the tampa bay rays. >>> a shocker at "america's will go talent." that 10-year-old opera singer who was the favorite going into last night's final said she is sad for herself but happy for michael. >> hard to know exactly what goes on behind the banker desk. but i promise you i'm always scrupulously appropriate. not the case with this news anchor. looks like he has a suit on until you see him turn -- yes. he's wearing boxer shorts. go figure. and that brings us down to the wire. and that's also our show for this thursday. i'm chris jansing. "t
the guinness book of world records brought them out to promote the new edition of their book, "giant george." boo-boo, if you can call it standing, stands at foufr inches. four inches. there may nobody crying in baseball. but there is lying, feen you're derek jeter, apparently. last night an umpire ruled the yankee captain was hit by a pitch but it really hit his bat. jeter later said what he was going to do was refuse the first free trip to first but he later scored a run, however,...
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the guinness world record for the biggest nose. how long is it? his nose measures -- 3.46 inches. i bet he smells very well. >>> political analysts see the november midterm elections as key opportunity for republicans to make huge gains, but are democrats eyeing the republican split as a way to gain back ground? we'll ask a former virginia governor, doug wilder. >>> and other reasons to swoon over pris william. he's flying high today. >>> be right back. after using rogaine for a while, i went to my stylist and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. puhh puhh puhh putt and that's it. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new
the guinness world record for the biggest nose. how long is it? his nose measures -- 3.46 inches. i bet he smells very well. >>> political analysts see the november midterm elections as key opportunity for republicans to make huge gains, but are democrats eyeing the republican split as a way to gain back ground? we'll ask a former virginia governor, doug wilder. >>> and other reasons to swoon over pris william. he's flying high today. >>> be right back. after using...